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Military in Scale is dead.

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Just spotted this over at Missing-Lynx... http://www.network54.com/Forum/47211/me ... le-+Closed;
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That's a shame - I always liked MIS because of the blend of aircraft, armor, etc. They ran a great series years ago on Silver Wings.

Now to go figure how many issues I had left .... sigh ...
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That's a real shame...while I never subscribed fulltime to MIS like I did SAM, FSM and SAMI, I might as well have done because MIS always seemed to have articles that interested me. I think that Spencer Pollard has done a great job captaining the good ship MIS over the last decade and more and hope that we will see him taking the helm elsewhere in the modelling media.
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Here's the rest of the story ....

In due course, I get a letter from MIS/Traplet telling me of the demise and allowing me to select another of their magazines to run out my subscription.
I look online and decide there is a Marine/Ship modeling magazine I might like and so notify them.

Time goes by without reply ....

Then, what to my wondering eyes should appear but a copy of Military Modelling from My Hobby Store with a note saying that all MIS subscriptions have been given over to them. While I do some military modeling, and am aware of this magazine, I already have one "pure" militray magazine and that is more than enough.

A. I lose the magazine I liked.
B. I don't get the replacement I wanted.
C. .....
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I know it's been some time since anyone posted in this thread but I thought people might be interested in something connected to the story. After the demise of MIS, Traplet offered to transfer my subscription if I chose to another magazine they supplied. There was nothing that appealed to me so I arranged to get binders in lieu, case closed I thought. Not so, I started to get the Military Modelling Magazine from My Hobby Store with a letter telling me they had taken over my subscription. After the second magazine, I rang them and explained the situation. The lady I spoke to checked things out and admitted their error. She then went on to say that I would continue to get the magazine until May next year and at no charge as it was their mistake. A bit of good news from a supplier, then.
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